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Four■ yes-laskaracewereA.teamMrs.:eley,driv-f Si-river; to ee of ,000. F ohn-3 in man-years 1 the Id be been erian irctic his ►re it went i forition,llow-thatered. a by I in rain-11CU5. liiujuao M . lxuuunuaugllis executor.—Bedford Democrat.CHICKENS CAUSE SHOOTINGNeiighbors Quarrel Over Raising Poultry and One is Wounded.Jasonville, Ind., April 3.—Wesley Sexson, age thirty, was shot in the stomach by Vincent Adams here yesterday. Sexson is in the Union hospital at Terre Haute, and his recovery is doubtful. Both men live on the same farm west of town. The trouble grew out of an old grudge in regard to raising chickens. Both men were drinking when the trouble occurred. Adams was last seen in Coalmont. The police are searching for him.MURDER THE TESTHead of Bloody Cult Confesses Murder of Forty Negroes.EN'ovedonon.As a : Mo-fire-jffec-1 be »ks a and been emen. The d byas-In-cken,*k on for a encesCOll-nten-tend-May l ask-cent. vhich i iin-ThefightVice-)ther-Lafayette, La., April 2.—Acting on her own amazing confession that she killed seventeen persons with her own hands and directed the killing of twenty-three more that she might gain immortality by sacrificing human life, a grand jury will at once return an indictment against Clementine Barnabet, 19 years old, a half-blooded negress. Furnished with convincing clews, the authorities are now investigating one of the most astounding series of crimes ever committed.0For weeks past the authorities of Southwest Louisiana and Southeast Texas have been completely baffled by murders of the most brutal description. Whole families were slain in their homes the assailants invariably using axes and apparently always making the slaughter a bloody orgy.No less than 40 negroes have been murdered in this manner.Today Clementine Barnabet, suspected of having been implicated in the most recent killing, confessed that it was she who directed the slaughter By her own admission she is the head of a cult known as the “Church of the Sacrifice,” which is composed of negro religious fanatics, who believe that by taking human life alone they can reach eternity.The cult has no regard for the law.“We weren't afraid of being arrested,” said the negress today, “because I carried a ‘voo-doo’, which protected us from all punishment.”From the woman’s story it was apparent that there never was any motive but fanaticism behind the murders. The homes of the victims were seldom robbed, and many of the victims were not known personally to the assailants. As many women belonged to the cult as men and they shared equally with the men in the sacrafice of human lives. It is regarded as significant that most of the murders were committed on Sunday nights, presumably after the negroes had worked themselves into a religious frenzy at their meetings.It is believed that the victims were chosen indiscriminately.How many negroes belonged to the cult Clementine Barnabet did not know, but she did recall the names of many besides herself who had participated in the crime and these she gave to the police.The round-up of members of the cult will begin tomorrow, and with the aid of the Barnabet woman the police believe they will be able to arrest and convict at least 50 negroes.GIRL HEIR TO $1,000,000.Daughter of Nobleman, Killed by“Billy the Kid.”Peabody, Kas., April 6.—Irene Purcell, who worked as a printer for the Peabody Herald a few months ago, will not have to do any more typesetting, as she has just proved her right as one of the heirs to a $1,000,000 estate in England. Miss Purcell will leave for Liverpool within a few days to secure her share, whichamounts to more than $300,000.The young woman's history reads like fiction. One day she related to her employer the little she knew about her ancestry in England. Mr. Payton interested Louis W. Johnson, a lawyer of Pittsburg, Kas., in her case. After several months Johnson succeeded in establishing Jjliss Purcell’s claim to her father's share of an estate descending from her grandfather.Irene’s father Wentworth Purcell, was the younger son of an English nobleman. Like many other younger sons, in England, he became estranged from his family and came to the United States in 'the 70’s, settling in Texas in the cattle business. He and a number of other settlers in a fight with a band of Indians under Chief Yellow Bear, rescued a young white woman captive named Fannie Moore. Purcell married Miss Moore soon after her rescue, and they went to Lincoln county, New Mexico, which was then the mecca for ranchers. Purcell, while defending his property, with three other settlers, was shot to death by a force of men led by the notorious outlaw, “Billy the Kid,” near Felice, N. M. Mrs. Purcell died the same year and Irene, then a baby, was taken into the family of Frank Moore, a Texas kinsman of her mother. She was reared by the Moore family.When she grew to young womanhood Miss Purcell learned the printing trade in country newspaper offices and several months ago Editor W. E. Payton gave her employment. Up to that time she had made no effort to learn anything concerning her father’s relatives in England.Today she said: “1 can notexpress in words my appreciation for the kindness and help of Editor Payton and Attorney Johnson but as soon as I get in possesion of my property they will receive a substantial evidence of my gratitude and I am also going to devote some of my fortune to the help of poor girls, who, like myself, are making a struggle for an honest living.“I will return to make my home in Kansas,” concluded Miss Purcell.I. 0. BUILDS SPURSOrders Three Extensions to Stone Quarries Near Bloomington.Bloomington, Ind., April 4—In order to tap all the stone quarries of this county, the Illinois Central has just decided upon three spurs to be built from the Bloomington Southern, a fifteen-mile extension now being made. Contractor Kiser of Memphis, Tcnn., who received the general contract, has just established a camp of 150 Italians and another camp of 175 negroes south of Clear Creek. While the construction work is in progress, the surveyors arebusy locating the line between Victor and Oolitic, LawrenceCounty. The latter extension isto be made late this fall.Abe Martin.Two kin live cheaper ?n one—if ther both workin’. Any feller likes t’ be seen with a stylish girl but when he thinks o7 proposin’ he alius shies at th’ upkeep.It is not what we have but what we do with it that shows character.
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Mitchell Commercial
Mitchell, Indiana, US
Thu, Apr 11, 1912
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